A. barter B. share
C. sell D. purchase

40. More responsibility and higher salaries are________for on-the-job training.
A. implicitness B. incentives
C. privileges D. application

Section III Cloze (5 points)

Directions: For each numbered blank in the following passage, there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best one and mark your answer on the ANSWER SHEET 1.

One week you're writing up memos, the next you're packing up your desk. What clues might tell you you're on the firing line? Check out these situations for pink-slip potential:
Your company is being acquired.___41____corporate pronouncements of" a combination of equals," if your company is being bought, it's not an equal partner -- and employees of the acquiree tend to get the shaft (轻信) . Hint: Ifthe new deal changes your company's name or your title, but the new corporation is slow to issue you___42___business cards, start reviewing your r6 sum6.

You're under new management and the person who's become your boss hasn't made an effort to elicit your ideas. New_____43_____often make a clean sweep of old staff. You may be dust if your supervisor is supercritical of everything you do --____44____ worse, if she completely ignores you.

You____45____out of the loop. Are you no longer being invited to_____46_____ meetings or getting important memos? Does your supervisor hem and how____47___ you ask for long4erm assignments?Is your performance review delayed indefinitely? If you____48___that something's not right, it probably isn't.

The economy has gotten the better of your department. View your business the way management does. Look at the revenue breakdowns in the company's quarterly____49___statement.If your division's profit outlook is bleak,____50___ may be your future with the company.

41. A. Even B. Despite C. Though D. in case

42. A. its B. new C. some D. certain

43. A. leaders B. bosses C. brooms D. employees

44. A. if B. or C. but D. more

45. A. feel B. find C. put D. run

46. A. attend' B. those C. crucial D. other

47. A. after B. before C. while D. when

48. A. judge B. hope C. sense D. wish

49. A. monthly B. financial C. economical D. economic

50. A. and ' B. then C. so D. as

Section IV Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Part A

Directions: There are 4 passages in this part. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A , B, C, and D, you should decide on the best choice and blacken the corresponding letter on the ANSWER SHEET I with a pencil.

Questions 51 to 54'are based on the following passage:

It is a fact 'that young men are more romantic than young women. Young men fall in love at the drop of a hat.' Young women, on the other hand, are much more pragmatic when it comes to choosing mamage partners. Men consider that being with their parmers is sufficient to express their love. Whereas women consider a man romantic only ifthe word love is always on his lips.

Men attach more importance to marriage than women do, and there are fewer male celibates (独身者). Moreover, men find more satisfaction in marriage. A survey found that 87% of the men questioned said that if they married again they would choose the same partners, whereas 76% of the women questioned said the same.